China says 41 missing after landslide

BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - The number of people missing in a
landslide in China's southeastern Fujian province has risen to
41, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing local officials.

Xinhua said earlier that 34 people were missing after the
landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a hydroelectric power
station that was under construction on Sunday.

Seven people were injured, the agency said, and President Xi
Jinping had demanded that county officials step up rescue
efforts.

In December, a landslide in the southern city of Shenzhen
buried 77 people. The government has blamed breaches of
construction safety rules for that disaster and a number of
officials have been arrested.
(Reporting by Kevin Yao; Editing by Paul Tait and Andrew
Bolton)